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North Korean Soldier Pulls Off Risky Defection

Numbers of those attempting to escape the regime of Kim Jong Un appears to be increasing

(Newser) - A soldier from North Korea managed to defect to South Korea on Tuesday by making a risky trek across the Demilitarized Zone that separates the two countries, reports Reuters . The soldier is believed to be a staff sergeant in his 20s, and the Wall Street Journal reports that South Korean...

Parking Garage Fire Illustrates a Growing Problem

Safety codes don't appear to be keeping up with dangers of electric vehicles

(Newser) - An intense car fire in an underground garage last week in South Korea speaks to a problem not just in that nation but worldwide for the burgeoning electric vehicle industry. As the Wall Street Journal reports, the fire began with a Mercedez-Benz EV, one that wasn't even charging at...

North Korea Wants Medicines to Treat Kim, Seoul Says

Spy agency suspects ruler is dealing with high blood pressure and diabetes

(Newser) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has regained weight and appears to have obesity-related health problems such as high blood pressure and diabetes, and his officials are looking for new medicines abroad to treat them, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers on Monday. The 40-year-old Kim, known for heavy...

This Isn't a Mistake on Korea You Want to Make at Olympics

Games organizers apologize after introducing South Korean team as North Korea's competitors

(Newser) - Olympic Games organizers said they "deeply apologize" for introducing South Korea's athletes as North Korea during the opening ceremony in Paris. As the South Korean athletes waved their nation's flag on a boat floating down the Seine on Friday evening, they were announced in both French and...

Latest Batch of North Korean Trash Hits a Prime Target

Because this time around, trash from one fell on South Korea's presidential compound

(Newser) - Trash from at least one North Korean balloon fell on the South Korean presidential compound Wednesday, raising worries about the security of key South Korean facilities from North Korean provocations. The rubbish that fell on the ground at the compound in central Seoul contained no dangerous material and no one...

South Korea Points Loudspeakers Across Border

In the past, propaganda broadcasts have brought fire from North Korea

(Newser) - South Korea said Friday it has restarted anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts across the border in response to North Korea's resumption of trash-carrying balloon launches. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that its frontline loudspeaker broadcasts were conducted between Thursday evening and Friday morning in areas...

US: She Left the CIA, Acted as an Agent for South Korea

Sue Mi Terry is charged with failing to register under the Foreign Agents Registration Act

(Newser) - The US alleges a former CIA analyst worked as an agent for South Korea in exchange for luxury goods and experiences—Bottega Veneta and Louis Vuitton handbags, a Dolce & Gabbana coat, and dinners at Michelin-starred restaurants. Reuters reports on an indictment made public Tuesday in Manhattan federal court that...

North Korea Suffers Another High-Level Defection: Seoul

Diplomat Ri Il Kyu, stationed in Cuba, fled to South Korea

(Newser) - South Korea's spy agency said Tuesday that a senior North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has fled to South Korea, the latest defection by a member of the North's elite, reports the AP . The National Intelligence Service confirmed the defection of a North Korean counselor of political affairs...

Politician Takes Heat for His Reasoning on Male Suicides

Kim Ki-duck, council member in Seoul, South Korea, partly blames 'female-dominated society'

(Newser) - Men are taking their own lives in increasing numbers in South Korea, which has one of the highest suicide rates among the world's richest nations. One local politician thinks he's got the spike partly figured out—and he's blaming women. In a new report cited by the...

Kim Jong Un's Sister Slams South's 'Suicidal Hysteria'

Kim Yo Jong issues warning after South Korea's recent front-line live-fire exercises

(Newser) - The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called South Korea's recent front-line live-fire drills "suicidal hysteria" as she threatened unspecified military steps Monday if further provoked. The warning by Kim Yo Jong came after South Korea performed firing exercises in its tense land and sea...

Car Slams Into Seoul Crowd, Kills 9
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Car Plows Into Crowd, Killing 9

Driver hit Seoul pedestrians waiting at traffic light

(Newser) - Nine people were killed Monday evening when a car slammed into pedestrians waiting at a traffic light in South Korea's capital. At least four other people were hospitalized after the driver, a man in his 60s, hit the crowd at an intersection near Seoul's city hall, the BBC...

Soup-Eating Hikers Are Trouble for Mount Halla

Officials say too much broth is being dumped

(Newser) - South Korea's highest mountain has a problem, and it involves soup. CNN reports on a campaign started by the National Park Office of Mount Halla that asks hikers to refrain from dumping ramyun broth on the mountain or in its streams. The instant noodles come in a disposable cup,...

South Koreans Crash Site Trying to Sign Petition

They want parliament to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol

(Newser) - Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans want to see their president impeached for "the omnishambles that South Korea is facing," reports the Korea Times . And they're showing up in droves at an online petition calling for that very thing. Time reports the parliamentary website that hosts the...

1.5K Trash Balloons Have Descended on South Korea

Hundreds arrived with favorable winds this week

(Newser) - Flights in and out of Incheon, South Korea, were paused for hours early Wednesday when balloons presumably sent by North Korea began descending on the city's airport. More than 1,500 balloons carrying trash, excrement , dirt, worms, and "slashed 'western' clothes" have landed across the country since...

North Korea's Missile Launch Ended in Explosion, Says South

South Korea says suspected hypersonic missile launch failed

(Newser) - A suspected hypersonic missile launched by North Korea exploded in flight on Wednesday, South Korea's military said, a development that comes as North Korea is protesting the regional deployment of a US aircraft carrier for a trilateral military drill with South Korea and Japan. South Korea's Joint Chiefs...

22 Die in Fire at Lithium Battery Factory

Fire extinguishers failed to put out blaze at South Korea plant, officials say

(Newser) - A fire likely sparked by exploding lithium batteries swept through a factory near South Korea's capital on Monday, killing 22 people, mostly Chinese migrant workers, and injuring eight, officials said. The fire began after batteries exploded while workers were examining and packaging them on the second floor of the...

After Kim-Putin Deal, US Dispatches Carrier Strike Group

Theodore Roosevelt will take part in exercises with South Korea, Japan

(Newser) - A nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier arrived Saturday in South Korea for a three-way exercise involving Japan for stepped-up military training to cope with North Korean threats, which have escalated following the announcement of a security pact with Russia. The arrival of the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group in Busan came...

South Korea May Relent on Selling Weapons to Ukraine

Possible reconsideration of weapons policy comes in response to Russia-North Korea pact

(Newser) - South Korea is not taking North Korea and Russia's newly cemented partnership lightly. Shortly after Vladimir Putin stated that the deal provides for "mutual assistance in the event of aggression against one of the parties," Seoul on Thursday said it was "planning to reconsider the issue...

Report: North Korea Is Building a Wall in the DMZ

Seoul says North Korean troops have stepped up activity in area

(Newser) - It's not big, it's not beautiful, and Mexico certainly won't be paying for it, but North Korea appears to be building a wall near its southern border. The BBC says high-resolution satellite images from a stretch of the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea show that...

South Korean Troops Fire More Warning Shots After 2nd Border Violation

North Korean soldiers once again did not return fire

(Newser) - South Korean soldiers fired warning shots to repel North Korean soldiers who temporarily crossed the rivals' land border Tuesday morning for the second time this month, South Korea's military said. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said around 20 to 30 North Korean soldiers, while engaging in unspecified...

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